Balanced News: North Korean farmers question prioritization of ‘cows over people’

As another bitter winter grips North Korea, authorities are ensuring that its bullocks – working cows that pull plows and do other chores – are getting fed, even though it’s not doing the same for its citizens, sources in the country say. Sources told RFA that caretakers are receiving plenty of feed for the bullocks on collective farms, while annual rations for farmers have been halved, owing to a poor harvest. “This year’s distribution received by the farmers is only about half a year’s worth of food,” the source said.